Supernatural
“The Bad Place”
December 7, 2017
THEN
“If you ever need someone to talk to, someplace to go … my door’s always open.”
NOW
An artist is expecting a prospective buyer. His expectations are low. Studio visits rarely end in a sale. The door bell buzzes and there’s Jack. Hello!
He always seems so pleased to meet new people.
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey
“Reunion, Part 1”
January 17, 2018
Continue reading “‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’: Fight of the foyers”
Saturday Night Live
Jessica Chastain & Troye Sivan
January 20, 2018
There is an expression Dan Savage coined to represent good qualities in a sexual partner: “GGG,” which stands for “good, giving and game.” It turns out those same qualities are what is required in a good Saturday Night Live host: good at acting, giving in their exchanges with the cast mates and game for anything, including making themselves look foolish. And to the beautiful Jessica Chastain’s credit, she is quite GGG!
However, it doesn’t much matter how GGG any host is unless the material they are given is actually worthy of their goodness, giving and gameness. Last night’s sketches weren’t. With a couple of exceptions, the writers let Chastain down last night with overly broad bits and sketches that lacked a point. I don’t know who wrote which sketches, but it sure felt like last night was a wasted opportunity to give the few women in the writers’ room a chance to write sketches for an actress known for her strength and outspokenness. HIRE MORE WOMEN, LORNE.
Continue reading “Jessica Chastain is very good. Last night’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ wasn’t.”
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
“Prisons, Proposals, and Parties”
January 10, 2017
Continue reading “‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’: Wait, how long have we been doing this?”
Supernatural
“The Scorpion and the Frog”
September 30, 2017
THEN
“I’ve got this.”
NOW
Jack is still off the grid and Ketch has gone to ground, so Dean sits in the Bunker’s kitchen cleaning his gun. I really only mention it as an excuse for this:
Mmmm … Dean cleaning guns …
